Nuevo change to LED Lighting

Has any Nuevo owner changed his fluorescent strip lighting to LED strip lighting,

Hi


Most people seem to change over to LED to conserve the leisure battery when off EHU.


Last weekend I used an LED Light in the Van to give me some idea of what it would be like, and quite honestly, I was not impressed with it at all. We resorted to our original spots when reading in bed(a much softer light) as the LED lights were very harsh. I would think you could try a couple of lights before you decide to convert completely.

Andy

Not tried changing flourescent to led yet, but successfully switched from the small halogen bulbs (G4?) to leds. I did this for two reasons; yes battery draw was one, but the main reason was the number of times I inadvertently (inattentively perhaps) burned myself when turning the reading lights off. Leds generate virtually no heat. Be sure to go for the "warm white" option; many people, including me, find the white just too bluish and very harsh.

Tony

I'm exactly the same as Tony on this. I fitted a warm white LED into the spotlight and am well satisfied with it. Good colour light and much much cooler to touch. All of the heat generated by a halogen bulb has to be paid for in battery usage.
squip

We got a 10 led G4 LED unit from Aten they sent a sample for us to try before buying
the 10 led white unit gives 60% more light than a 10 watt halgen and runs at 2.2wall try their website
http://www.atenlighting.co.uk/product.php?productid=17524&cat=269&page=1

Alf

Just changed my 4 spots for LED £6.50 ish I will save a load of power as these are the only lights in regular long lasting use, (pig to get in BTW) I was going to change my strip lights but as the saving on power will only be 20% per light and I rarely use them -at a cost of £100 for the entire van I thought I won't bother.
You remove the innards of each florescent light and connect the self adhesive led strips to the switch then stick the lights in the casing, a reasonable amount of work but not impossible.

Thanks for all your comments

I have changed most of the lights to LED mainly using lenths of leds on a strip stuck to a piece of wood sanded to a suitable shapeand stuck to the roof but you must remove the Electronics bit which is an inverter and raises 12 volt to 110 volt to start the tube

I have seen advice elsewhere that it is not worth changing florescents as they are nearly as efficient as LEDs.

Hi Fowey boy,
I understand that the small flourecent tubes fitted in many MH's draw 11 amps per tube, and a metre lenth of stickyback LEDs draws only 4.2 amps plus the start load on flourecent is high because they have an inverter in them to convert the current from 12volt to 110volt to start them up. So LEDs are a considerable saving on battery power over flourecent. Would someone please correct me if I am wrong.


Brian

murph wrote: Hi Fowey boy,
I understand that the small flourecent tubes fitted in many MH's draw 11 amps per tube, and a metre lenth of stickyback LEDs draws only 4.2 amps plus the start load on flourecent is high because they have an inverter in them to convert the current from 12volt to 110volt to start them up. So LEDs are a considerable saving on battery power over flourecent. Would someone please correct me if I am wrong. Brian

Can't see that being right as each fluorescent tube is only 8 watts , so a light with 2 tubes is only 16 watt and at 12v that only equates to 1.33 amps per light or have I got that wrong.

Brian, yes you are right, best all homers with little or no electrical knowledge study Battery Output in Wickapedia . since most are rated at 80 a.h a sound battery thus will give you 80 amps per hour until its almost flat at about 35 hours reduced voltage will follow voltage is "pressure" as in water amps are "volume" as in water ! ! I could stand corrected who knows. Anyway is it easy to get those obscure tubes "out " of a Nuevo, I understand from Mark at A/S service the centre stop light cannot be removed ?? our 2011 model has yet to be invultrated, I'v removed most of the body rattles and the sparrows in the rear door area . Enuf: not too impressed at the price. Nuevosleeper.

I just wish I could turn my florescent tubes on.
Been trying for a while and AS have been of no help whatsoever on this problem.
"Tap the touch-screen," they say. The next time I tap it will be with my size 10.